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A review by rachelleahdorn
Learn Me Good by John Pearson
4.0
This was an enjoyable quick read about a teacher's first year.
The book was funny and reminded me of my own real life experiences as a teacher and a parent.
The format is strange: a series of e-mails to an ex colleague. But the format makes the read quick and gives some more variety than a simple diary or journal or memoir of events. Though you don't read the replies, the e-mails reference them and give a sense of a two-way conversation.
The author likes his puns and jokes and funny names. I think they set just the right tone for this book, but beware, they were groaners. This should be read for fun, not for tips or life changing revelations. (Though I did notice techniques used by the teacher/author which were also described in [b:Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College With DVD |7811877|Teach Like a Champion 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College With DVD |Doug Lemov|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275687357s/7811877.jpg|10825901])
The book was funny and reminded me of my own real life experiences as a teacher and a parent.
The format is strange: a series of e-mails to an ex colleague. But the format makes the read quick and gives some more variety than a simple diary or journal or memoir of events. Though you don't read the replies, the e-mails reference them and give a sense of a two-way conversation.
The author likes his puns and jokes and funny names. I think they set just the right tone for this book, but beware, they were groaners. This should be read for fun, not for tips or life changing revelations. (Though I did notice techniques used by the teacher/author which were also described in [b:Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College With DVD |7811877|Teach Like a Champion 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College With DVD |Doug Lemov|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275687357s/7811877.jpg|10825901])